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CDC Considering Making Circumcisions Mandatory

Posted 31 August 2009 - 09:08 AM

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The Centers for Disease Control are currently considering making routine circumcision mandatory for baby boys born in the United States. Circumcision is considered a method of reducing the spread of the HIV virus. http://lansing.injur...googleid=269958

We haven't had a good quality discussion about circumcision in a while, so what the hell. Discuss.

Re: CDC Considering Making Circumcisions Mandatory

Posted 31 August 2009 - 01:03 PM

skyhawk133, on 31 Aug, 2009 - 03:08 PM, said:

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The Centers for Disease Control are currently considering making routine circumcision mandatory for baby boys born in the United States. Circumcision is considered a method of reducing the spread of the HIV virus. http://lansing.injur...googleid=269958

We haven't had a good quality discussion about circumcision in a while, so what the hell. Discuss.

Very Valueble use of a webmasters time!

So I don't agree with this but I guess if you apply the rule that i say for vacationistions and that everyone country wide should be forced becasuse other wise they put other people at risk

Re: CDC Considering Making Circumcisions Mandatory

@No2 in all fairness some saliva can kill unwanted bacteria although I'm not sure about HIV

HIV is a virus, not a bacteria. Antibacterial agents don't have any affect.

As far as the circumcisions, it sounds rather fishy to me. It says that there were lower rates of HIV infection among circumcised men in Africa, but without any details (just how many were circumcised and were not, and what were the geographic considerations, how much more sexually active were uncircumcised men, if more). Even more pressing, the lack of understanding as to WHY it helps. Unless someone comes up with some decent theories, we could be forcing baby males to undergo needless surgery for no real benefit at all.

edit: More details to know: how many of the HIV infections were linked directly to sexual intercourse. And as well, the differing lifestyles between those who lived in communities where circumcision was usual versus those where it wasn't: do those communities have lowered instances of drug use, casual sex, etc.?

Of course, there are some benefits, but I'm speaking more on the subject of HIV. And you know, this kind of ties in to the forced vaccinations thread...